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'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire'
Friday 5th February - Sunday 7th February
For more information please go to www.eigsenabrideoige.com
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Piano Recital
'Riches to Rags'
with
Barbara Gloinson
Wednesday 10th February 2010 at 8.00pm
Including music ranging from Bach, through the romantics, to Spanish rhythms & Ragtime
Tickets €12 (€10). Bookings on 066 9478956 / techamergin@eircom.net
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Traditional
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & Mánus Lunny
Sunday 14th February 2010 at 8.00pm
Donegal singer and fiddler Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, best known as singer and fiddler with Irish
supergroup Altan, has announced this season's tour with Manus Lunny, performing from her first solo
project 'Imeall', released on the Moon label. The 2010 Meteor Award Nominee's national
tour will begin on January 26th in Belfast and will conclude February 26th in Dublin.
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh has been recording and touring worldwide with Altan for twenty five years, and has just
returned from the group's French and Japanese tours. Her recording with String Sisters was this
year long-listed for a Grammy award, while her limited edition first solo project, 'Imeall', is almost sold
out after only months. 'Imeall' is an intimate collection of traditional songs and new
compositions from one of Ireland's most revered musicians andperformers. With its unique and
powerful blend of Irish traditional and European folk styles, and strong jazzy elements on many tracks that
only a producer such as Manus Lunny (Capercaillie) can bring, 'Imeall' is very different from
Mairéad's work with Altan and from her many collaborations.
Performing songs from 'Imeall' (Gaelic for 'Edge', 'Rim' or 'Threshold'), Ní Mhaonaigh's nation-wide
performances guarantee a mix of traditional and newly-composed gems; as Gaeilge, in English and of course fiddle
instrumentals in the unique Donegal-style, making these rare solo concerts impossible to miss.
Tickets €15 (€12). Bookings on 066 9478956 / techamergin@eircom.net
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Jazz
THALi
Sunday 21st February 2010 at 8.00pm
THALi is an exiting Jazz/World group from Switzerland. The group is led by the founder and singer/composer,
Sarah Buechi, and includes musicians Matthias Tschopp, Stefan Aeby, André Pousaz and Lionel Friedli.
Sarah Buechi spent eighteen months living in Bangalore absorbing and studying music.
THALi’s music is now greatly influenced by South Indian traditions.
‘.… So absolute was her command over the carnatic ragas that if you closed your eyes and you let your ears
guide you, you would have wagered your fortune that she was a true-blue south Indian wrapped
in a Kancheepuram
saree…’ Indian Express Delhi
‘This evolving artist is already making inroads in bridging the two traditions, jazz and traditional Indian
music, to create an arresting fusion of styles’ RTE Radio 1
Tickets €10 (€12). Bookings on 066 9478956 / techamergin@eircom.net
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Theatre
'Eden'
by Eugene O’Brien
with Paul Mekitarian & Hazel McLynn
Sunday 7th March 2010 at 8.00pm
In a small provincial town, Billy and Breda's 10th wedding anniversary is looming.
Despite having two young children, their marriage has spiralled into a stale monotony.
The distance between them seems to grow by the day. He spends his time
with the lads at the local pub, leaving Breda at home with the telly and the kids.
Billy clings to booze, and fantasies about a younger woman, while Breda clings onto an
inkling of optimism, believing that their big night out will rekindle the spark that once was there.
But will it?
Enjoy Eugene O'Brien's award winning play by Mayos new professional theatre company.
Sure to be an intriguing night of theatre.
Tickets €15 (€12). Bookings on 066 9478956 / techamergin@eircom.net
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Classical
Music Network Concert
Ariadne Daskalakis & Trio Vintage
Ariadne Daskalakis ( baroque violin), Markus Möllenbeck (baroque cello)
& Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)
Sunday 21st March 2010 at 8.00pm
This season’s classical tour sees prize-winning violinist Ariadne Daskalakis go head-to-head with two of Germany’s foremost early music specialists: Markus Möllenbeck and Gerald Hambitzer. Daskalakis has been playing on period instruments since her time with the acclaimed Manon Quartet in the late 1990s, and often performs without a conductor following the traditions of the time. She has won many plaudits for her soulful playing, dazzling technique and astonishing ability to adapt her sound to suit different composers and periods. A featured soloist with orchestras such as the English Chamber Orchestra, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra and the Prague Chamber Orchestra, she has performed in many of Europe’s most prestigious chamber music venues.
The perfect foil for Daskalakis’ sparkling sound and rhythmic power, Markus Möllenbeck was for many years the principal cellist of the ground-breaking Musica Antiqua Köln under Reinhard Goebe and has also worked extensively with La Stagione Frankfurt and the Musiciens du Louvre. Gerald Hambitzer is one of most sought-after harpsichordists of his generation and has appeared on over 40 CDs. A long-term member of Concerto Köln, he is perhaps best known for his solo recordings of harpsichord concertos by J.S. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Francesco Durante.
Tickets €15 (€12). Bookings on 066 9478956 / techamergin@eircom.net
